Seal



M. B. BEHRMAN.

SEAL. I APPLICATION FILED MAYI- I919.

Patented-Nov. 23, 1920;

ATTQRN MARCUS B. BEHRMAN, OF NEW YORK N.

PATENT OFFICE.

Y., ASSIGNOR TO LOX SEAL CORPORATION,.

A CORPORATION'OF NEW YORK.

SEAL.

Application filed May 1,

T 0 aZZwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARCUS B. BEHRMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Seals, of which the followin is aspecification.

l y invention relates to an improved seal adapted to fasten a tag orsimilar object to a support.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a fastener forconnecting and irremovably securing a tag to an article.

Another object is to provide a fastener which can be readily appliedwithout a tool and which cannot be removed except by mutilation of itsparts.

A further object is to provide a fastener of simple, efficient," anddurable construction which is inexpensive to manufacture and toassemble.

The invention is particularly designed t afford simple and effectivemeans for detecting unauthorized use of an article and thereby toprevent the abuse of trade which results from persons returning articlesfor credit or exchange after the articles have been used or worn.

To these ends, as well as to attain other objects not specificallymentioned, my invention consists in the novel features of construction,arrangement and combination of parts, hereinafter described and pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating a preferred form of theinvention,

igure 1 is a front view of the fastener attached to an article;

Fig. 2, is an end View thereof;

Fig. 3, is a vertical section of the fastener;

Fig. 4, is a cross section on the line 44 of Fig. 3; and, t

Fig. 5, is a plan view of the blank from which the fastener casing ismade.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views. I

The fastener consists of a casing made of a single piece of sheet metal,or other suitable material, and a flexible shackle having a rigid tip ateach end which tips are adapted to be received in the casing and to beSpecification of Letters Patent. Patented NO 23, 1920,

1919. Serial No. 294,111.

irremovably engaged therein, so that when the fastener is secured to anarticle it cannot be detached except by cutting the shackle ormutilating the casing.

The'casing is made from a blank of the character indicated in Fig. 5having integral portions 1 and 2 which constitute the front and rearwalls of the casing. Upturned flanges 3' and 4 are formed around theportions 1 and 2 of the blank, the flange 3 being adapted to fit intothe flange 4 when the blank is bent to form the casing, as shown in Fig.3', and the marginal edge of the flange 4 being bent or spun over, asseen in Fig. 4, to interlock the parts. A small opening or eyelet 5 isformed through the connecting portion between the parts 1 and 2 of theblank, which connecting portion constitutes the top of the completedcasing. The flexible shackle 6 consists of apiece of string, wire, orother suitable material, and it has a rigid tip 7 at each end. The tipsare secured to the shackle in such manner as 'to extend transverselytothe shackle and to straddle the opening when they are inserted in thecasin The tips are of such size and shape that t ey can be inserted, inone position, through the opening in the casing and that they cannot bewithdrawn after insertion.

In practice it is usual to ship the fasteners from the factory with oneend of the tie inserted in the casing. Now when it is desired to attacha tag to an article it is merely necessary to affix the free end of thetie to the bag 8 and the article 9 and then insert it into the casing.

It will be understood that the casing may be made in various differentsizes and shapes and that if desired it may be made of two or morepieces instead of being made in one piece.

.Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A seal comprising front and rear walls and an integral connectingportion having an entrance aperture, said wallshaving flanges which fitone within the other and are secured together to form a closed hollowcasing, and a flexible shackle having a rigid tip secured to each end ata point intermediate the tip ends, said tips being longer than thegreatest width of the entrance aperture and being adapted to be insertedendwise through the aperture and to straddle the aperture when insertedin the casing whereby to prevent withdrawal.

2. A seal composed of a piece of material bent to form a closed hollowcasing having an entrance aperture, and a flexibleshackle having a rigidtip secured to each end at a point intermediate the tip ends, said tipsbeing longer than the greatest width of the entrance aperture and beingadapted to be inserted-endwise through the aperture and to straddle theaperture when inserted inthe casing whereby to prevent withdrawal.

3. A seal comprising a closed hollow casing consisting of a single pieceof material formed with front and rear walls provided with flangedportions. constituting the side wall, the edge of one of the flangedportions being bent over to lock the parts together, said casing havingan entrance aperture at the top, and a flexible shackle having a rigidtip secured to each end at a point intermediate the tip ends, said tipsbeing longer than the greatest width of the entrance aperture and beingadapted to be inserted endwise through the aperture to straddle theaperture when inserted in the casing-whereby to prevent withdrawal.

' MARCUS B. BEHRMAN.

